Supportive managers, high quality colleagues, rewarding work - Technical Writer II Boston Scientific Employee Review

5.0
3 May 2024
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Pros

Tech Comm was under the R&D umbrella of the Cardiac Rhythm Management branch of the business. The tech comm team was massive including writers, translation associates, IT experts who kept the authoring environment functional as well as dedicated content management system experts. Some really smart, hard working people in this group. I loved my manager and my boss. They were very supportive and cool under pressure. Work life balance was supported and respected, the agreement was just to make sure you were putting in your hours and getting your assignments completed on time. I felt we had pretty good buy in from the other groups we served or worked with. The engineers were mostly game and up for helping make the documentation useful. Regulatory was involved in our processes and there weren't issues there. Project management was a toss up, they could be bad or terrible, but that a tough job so I cut them some slack. The campus is really nice. I felt fairly compensated and there were paths to promotion.

Cons

Definitely some inter-team bickering. Usually from the more senior (really good) team members. It could get a little dramatic with regards to projects or overly concerned with fairness, but in a team of ~30 people those things come up. I quite liked most of the senior/principal writers and learned a lot about being a professional here.

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Good culture and supportive teams who care about other people and nice office

Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Good pay. Good benefits. My coworkers who were at the same level as me were supportive.

Cons

Work environment was highly stressful and often unsustainable. Management created a culture where employees were frequently overworked, undervalued, and burned out. Communication from leadership was inconsistent and their expectations changed frequently. Work-life balance was very poor. Employee concerns did not get taken seriously unless they directly impacted company performance. When an HR compliant involving my supervisor was filed for his behavior with input from the majority of the team members, no meaningful action was taken beyond stating it was handled "per BSC policy". Opportunities for promotion and career advancement were limited. Employees who treated others poorly were often still rewarded or praised as long as performance metrics were met. There was a clear culture of favoritism and hierarchy, and employees outside of those circles could work above and beyond expectations without receiving recognition or advancement opportunities. In 2 years, there were 12 employees who were fired in a 10 person department.

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